Atharva Veda 5.13.8: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 8

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उ॒रु॒गूला॑या दुहि॒ता जा॒ता दा॒स्यसि॑क्न्या । प्र॒तङ्कं॑ द॒द्रुषी॑णां॒ सर्वा॑सामर॒सं वि॒षम्

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 5.13.8

IAST Transliteration

urugū́lāyā duhitā́ jātā́ dāsyásiknyāḥ | pratáṅkaṃ dadr̥śī́nāṃ sárvāsām arásaṃ viṣám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Born as the daughter of Urugūlā, of the dark slave-woman: Prataṅka—of the Dadr̥śīs, of them all—(be) poison made sapless.

Translation

Geboren als Tochter der Urugūlā, von der dunklen Sklavin: Prataṅka—unter den Dadr̥śīs, unter ihnen allen—sei ein saftloses Gift.

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Word by Word

• उरुगूलायाः: of Urugūlā (a female being/name)
• उरुगूलायाः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरुगूला (प्रातिपदिक) < उरु- + गूला

• दुहिताः: daughter
• दुहिताः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: √जन् (जायते) → जात (क्त-प्रत्यय)

• दास्यसि: you will give
• दास्यसि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (ददाति) भविष्यत्

• सिक्न्यै: to Siknī (the dark one)
• सिक्न्यै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिक्नी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री, ‘dark/black one’, also used as a proper name/epithet)

• प्रतङ्कम्: a snare/entanglement; a binding (charm)
• प्रतङ्कम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतङ्क (प्रातिपदिक)

• दद्रुषीणाम्: of the (female) lookers/observers
• दद्रुषीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (agentive/participle used substantively)
• Root: √दृश् (पश्यति) → दद्रुश्/ददृश् (परिपूर्ण/अभ्यास-रूप) → दद्रुषी (स्त्री; ‘seeing/looking’)

• सर्वासाम्: of all (of them)
• सर्वासाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वा-; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरसम्: tasteless; sapless
• अरसम्: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-रस (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)

• विषम्: poison
• विषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)

Devata: Viṣa; named poison-agents (Urugūlā, Prataṅka, Dadr̥śī-s)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: raudra

Secondary: adbhuta